Sandgrown - is the term those born and raised in the town of Blackpool in Northern England call themselves - a name carved from Blackpool’s historic sand dunes. Here, in his hometown, Simon Hipkins attempts to unravel the raw weave of life and childhood. This on going work is like a fractured song to this fading holiday town that helped shape his early years, every frame a reckoning of roots and restless shores.

Sandgrown - is the term those born and raised in the town of Blackpool in Northern England call themselves - a name carved from the seaside town's historic sand dunes. Here, in his hometown, Simon Hipkins attempts to unravel the raw weave of life and childhood in this once grand but now fading holiday town. This on going work is a fractured song to those who grow up there and to an existence that helped shape the photographer's own early years - every frame a reckoning of roots and restless shores.

Sandgrown - is the term those born and raised in the town of Blackpool in Northern England call themselves - a name carved from the seaside town's historic sand dunes. Here, in his hometown, Simon Hipkins attempts to unravel the raw weave of life and childhood in this once grand but now fading holiday town. This on going work is a fractured song to those who grow up there and to an existence that helped shape the photographer's own early years - every frame a reckoning of roots and restless shores.

Sandgrown - is the term those born and raised in the town of Blackpool in Northern England call themselves - a name carved from the seaside town's historic sand dunes. Here, in his hometown, Simon Hipkins attempts to unravel the raw weave of life and childhood in this once grand but now fading holiday town. This on going work is a fractured song to those who grow up there and to an existence that helped shape the photographer's own early years - every frame a reckoning of roots and restless shores.

Where it all began
End of the pier
Girl at playground, South Shore
Lunch-time drinking
Lunchtime at the ice ring, Fleetwood
Dealer on the line
Scooterin' around
Friendship and sunny days
Childhood I
Childhood II
Childhood III
Southshore back streets
Evening entertainment
Evening entertainment II
Roy
New haircut
Little sister
The end of the prom
Landau girl
Taking flight
Where it all began
End of the pier
Girl at playground, South Shore
Lunch-time drinking
Lunchtime at the ice ring, Fleetwood
Dealer on the line
Scooterin' around
Friendship and sunny days
Childhood I
Childhood II
Childhood III
Southshore back streets
Evening entertainment
Evening entertainment II
Roy
New haircut
Little sister
The end of the prom
Landau girl
Taking flight